US Army veteran Harold Terens, 100, married Jeanne Swerlin in Normandy amid a raft of events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings.
A centenarian World War II veteran has tied the knot with his bride in a ceremony near Normandy’s D-Day beaches.
Harold Terens – a 100-year-old US Army Air Force veteran – called it “the best day of my life” as he married 96-year-old Jeanne Swerlin on Saturday.
On her way to the ceremony, the bride-to-be said: “It’s not just for young people, love, you know? We get butterflies. And we get a little action, also.”
She also said her sweetheart was the “greatest kisser ever”.
The pair married in the town hall of Carentan, a key initial D-Day objective that witnessed fierce fighting after the Allied landings on 6 June 1944.
The vast amphibious invasion helped push back Nazi forces until Germany was forced to surrender a year later.
Along with other towns and villages across the northern French coastline, Carentan is hosting remembrance events to mark 80 years since nearly 160,000 Allied troops invaded five code-named beaches while under heavy fire.
Well-wishers commemorating the anniversary lined the streets outside the ceremony.
After both saying “oui” to vows read by Carentan’s mayor Jean-Pierre Lhonneur in English, the newlyweds exchanged rings.